pucker
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He avoids kissing for 24 hours before a performance and 48 hours before a competition because it makes it difficult to sustain a pucker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
“They knew how to make a martini that could taste like green apple but didn’t use some synthetic, chemical green apple pucker liqueur,” he says.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
Mattel should have considered traditional pucker toe moccasins, instead of black shoes, and included symbols on the basket that Cherokees use to tell a story, she said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
If a bite of dandelion greens or extra-dark chocolate makes you pucker, there’s good reason.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 12, 2023
His lips scrunched up in a playful pucker.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
The building alternately puckers and swells, like the indolent flexing of a muscle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Fattoush is one of the bright, simple joys of summer: Tomatoes spill sunshine, pita shards and cucumbers take turns showing off their snap, sumac puckers, and mint and parsley cool, often, in a single bite.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022
The crunchy onion gives a little sweetness while the pickle puckers in the most pleasing way to cut through all that heat.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
He puckers his lips and pantomimes shoveling coal.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2020
His mouth puckers, and I can tell he doesn’t completely buy it.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
But then, it’s hard not to smile at the playfully elegant Bosc pears, puckered mandarins and green-and-purple asparagus taper candles which range in price from $12 to $40.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The seams in the seat jackets of our tester were puckered and imperfect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Hashtags such as #sunburntanlines, #sunpoisoning and #sunstroke are popping up alongside videos of young men and women - some in tears - revealing deep red, almost purple, often puckered skin.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
Unscrewing the cap on a tube of mauve goo and giving it a generous swipe across puckered lips.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
The parts of our legs that stayed in there too long puckered and bled heat into the ocean.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
Astringency is the dry, puckering, rough, or sandpapery feeling people notice when eating foods rich in certain plant compounds called polyphenols.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
To some, pie means flirtatious cherries, cinnamon-kissed apples or pleasantly puckering lemon awakening the taste buds.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025
“They’re the Sour Patch Kids of chips,” said one puckering colleague.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
The espresso can be sipped, unsweetened, without puckering or grimacing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
“Kiss me,” Janza said, puckering his lips grotesquely.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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